For both 2003 and 2007 column width is 255 characters; however total number
of characters a cell can contain is 32,767. Only 1,024 is displayed in a cell
and all 32,767 characters are display in the formula bar.

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Jacob Skaria


"Stuart" wrote:

I have 2007 Office and am running into the 255 character block all of the
time which was very annoying in 2003.
Is there a way round these 255 Char or do I just need to wait for Office
2010...?